Placing communitas: Spatiality and ritual performances in Indian religious tourism

Tourism

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-352

  Shinde, Kiran A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communitas; India; Pilgrimage sites; Religious tourism; Shirdi; Spatial practice; Tuljapur

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955129978     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Bywater, M. (1994). Religious Travel in Europe. Travel and Tourism Analyst, 2,39-52.
2. Deflem, M. (1991). Ritual, Anti-Structure, and Religion: A Discussion of Victor Turner's Processual Symbolic Analysis. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30(1), 1-25.
3. Deshpande, H. (2005). Divine fight. The Indian Express. Retrieved from http://www.indianexpress. com/oldStory/60652/
4. Di Giovine, M.A.D. (2009). Saints, Citizens, Pilgrims: Religious Tourism and Revitalization In Pietrelcina, Italy. In A. Trono (ed.), Tourism, Religion and Culture: Regional Development through Meaningful Tourism Experiences (pp. 239-260). Galatina (Lecce): Mario Congedo Publisher.
5. Eck, D. (1981). India's tirthas: 'Crossing' in Sacred Geography. History of Religions, 20(2), 323-344.
6. Gold, A.G. (1988). Fruitful journeys: The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims. Berkeley: University of California Press.
7. Karve, I. (1962). On the Road: A Maharashtrian Pilgrimage. The Journal of Asian Studies, 22(1), 13-29.
8. Mack, A. (2002). Spiritual Journey, Imperial City: Pilgrimage to the Temples of Vijayanagara. New Delhi: Vedams.
9. Morinis, A. (1984). Pilgrimage in Hindu Tradition: A Case Study of West Bengal. Delhi: Oxford Univer-sity Press.
10. Nahane, H.D. (1990). Planning and Development of Tuljapur: A pilgrim town. University of Pune.
11. Nolan, M.L. & Nolan, S. (1992). Religious Sites as Tourism Attractions in Europe. Annals of Tourism Research, 79(1), 68-78.
12. Parry, J. (1994). Death in Banaras. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
13. Pratt, M.L. (1991). Arts of the Contact Zone. Profession, 91,33-40.
14. Raheja, G.G. (1988). The Poison in the Gift: Ritual, Prestation, and the Dominant Caste in a North Indian Village. Chicago: University of Chicago.
15. Raj, R. & Morpeth, N.D. (Eds.)(2007). Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Festivals Management: An Inter-national Perspective. Wallingford: CABI.
16. Rigopoulos, A. (1993). The Life and Teachings of Sai Baba of Shirdi. Albany: State University of New York Press.
17. Rinschede, G. (1986). The Pilgrimage Town of Lourdes. Journal of Cultural Geography, 7(1), 21-34.
18. Rinschede, G. (1992). Forms of Religious Tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 19(1), 51-67.
19. Rocher, L. (1997). Book review: Die Bhavani von Tuljapur: Religionsgeschichtliche Studie des Kultes einer Gottin der indischen Volksreligion. By Roland Jansen. Beitrage zur Sudasienforschung, Siidasien-Institut, Universitat Heidelberg, vol. 168. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1995. Jour-nal of the American Oriental Society, 117(4), 699-701.
20. Ron, A., Selwyn,T. & Graburn, N. (eds.)(2009). Managing Spiritual and ReligiousTourism. Special issue of Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 6(2).
21. Rösel, J. (1983). Landed Endowment and Sacred Food. Archives Eurpeennes De Sociologie, XXIV(I), 44-59.
22. Rubenstein, J. (1992). Purim, Liminality, and Communitas. Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) Re-view, 17(2), 247-277.
23. Shackley, M. (2001) . Managing Sacred Sites: Service Provision and Visitor Experience. London: Con-tinuum.
24. Shinde, K. (2007). Pilgrimage and the Environment: Challenges in a Pilgrimage Centre. Current Is-sues in Tourism, 70(4), 343-365.
25. Shinde, K. (2008). Religious tourism: exploring a new form of sacred journey in North India. In J. Cochrane (Ed.), Asian Tourism: Growth and Change (pp. 245-257). London: Elsevier Publishing Ltd.
26. Singh, R.P.B. (2006). Pilgrimage in Hinduism: Historical Context and Modern Perspectives. In DJ. Timothy & D.H. Olsen (Eds.), Tourism and Religious Journeys (pp. 220- 236). London and New York: Routledge.
27. Srinivas, S. (1999). The Brahmin and the fakir: Suburban religiosity in the cult of Shirdi Sai baba. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 14(2), 245 -261.
28. Timothy, DJ. & Olsen, D.H. (Eds.). (2006). Tourism, Religion and and Religious Journeys. London: Routledge.
29. Tomasi, L. (2002). Homo Viator: From Pilgrimage to Religious Tourism via the Journey. In J. William, H. Swatos & L. Tomasi (Eds.), From Medieval Pilgrimage To Religious Tourism: The Social and Cultural Economics of Piety (pp. 1 -24). Westport: Praeger.
30. Turner, V. (1969). The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Chicago: Aldine Publishing.
31. Turner, V. & Turner, E. (1978). Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture. New York: Columbia Univer-sity Press.
32. Veer, P.V.D. (1988). Gods on Earth: The Management of Religious Experience and Identity in a North Indian Pilgrimage Centre. London: The Athlone Press.
33. Vidyarthi, L.P. (1961) . The Sacred Complex in Hindu Gaya. Bombay: Asia Publishing House.
34. Vukonić, B. (2002). Religion, Tourism and Economics: A Convenient Symbiosis. Tourism Recreation Research, 27(2), 59-64.